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{{Body of water
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|area =20.327 million sq km
|coastline =17,968 km
|lowestpoint =-7,235 m (South Sandwich Trench)
|countries =
}}
[[Image:Southern Ocean.gif|thumb|right|Southern Ocean]]
[[Image:Southern Ocean.gif|thumb|right|Southern Ocean]]
The [[Southern Ocean]] was defined by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]] in 2000 through a vote of member states.<ref>http://findanswers.noaa.gov/noaa.answers/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=595&start=121</ref> It extends from Antarctica to 60 degrees S [[Lines of latitude|latitude]], a border chosen to include the [[Antarctic Circumpolar Current]].
The [[Southern Ocean]] was defined by the [[International Hydrographic Organization]] in 2000 through a vote of member states.<ref>http://findanswers.noaa.gov/noaa.answers/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=595&start=121</ref> It extends from Antarctica to 60 degrees S [[Lines of latitude|latitude]], a border chosen to include the [[Antarctic Circumpolar Current]].